Kyoukai no Kanata Review

After a very long hiatus from watching anime, I finally decided to pick out something off YouTube while randomly browsing J-Pop/anime/VOCALOID songs. This got me hooked, and as a result I watched the entire series.

As expected, Kyoukai no Kanata is a series with good quality animation and storyline. What I didn’t know was that it was animated by Kyoto Animation, which I was (and still am) a sucker for – Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu, Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid and The Melachony of Suzumiya Haruhi are some of my favourite anime to date.

What I liked in this show was the treatment of the setting and plot – supernatural events are easily woven in and out of the world as necessary, and nearly everyone in the show who has a form of supernatural power sees this as normal as their own daily lives, and surprisingly, plays the tropes as straight as an arrow – “unpleasant”/weird behaviour in the real world is regarded as such by them, and they respond appropriately as per normal people. In effect, it’s easy for the watcher to relate to the story/world, and doesn’t skew the veil of reality in the show by a lot.

Overall, its a pretty decent show, and I’m not going to spoil it by saying anything about it. However, I will say one thing, which seems to be missed out by most – Mirai Kuriyama appears to be using a Sony Xperia V (with some artistic license to avoid being litigated, of course), which is what I’m using as well!

Here’s a photo of the front and left side of the phone, with the watering can phone charm (viewers might know that this is a reference already by now, haha!).

The charging port is also located at the top-left side of the phone, as per the Xperia V. It also comes in white and black options as well. It’s also water resistant, which suits Mirai’s needs in the show very well, given her abilities. Is this coincidence, chance, or just very subtle advertising and clever thinking? I leave it to your discretion.